--- title: In those perilous circumstances, the surviving party did not even st… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: In those perilous circumstances, the surviving party did not even stay to bewail their fate, but, leaving their deceased companions as they found them, hurried on and overtook the company in advance at the place of their encampment.’ Who acts: surviving party, parties. 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D. Westervelt, The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (surviving party, parties), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg66516:21:51 # text = In those perilous circumstances, the surviving party did not even stay to bewail their fate, but, leaving their deceased companions as they found them, hurried on and overtook the company in advance at the place of their encampment.’ 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 perilous perilous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 surviving survive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 bewail bewail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 deceased decease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 hurried hurry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 30 on on ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 overtook overtake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 advance advance NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 encampment encampment NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **survive** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **stay** | past · do-support | the surviving party | | | that perilous circumstances | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bewail** | to-infinitive | the surviving party *not said here* | parties's fate | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fate=Stimulus | | 4 | **leave** | gerund | the surviving party *not said here* | parties's deceased companions | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companion=Theme | | 5 | **decease** | participle | | | | | | | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **find** | past | parties *= party* | companions *= companion* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 7 | **hurry on** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **overtake** | past | | the company | | advance | | at the place of parties's encampment | tree rules | | 9 | **fate** | | parties *= party* | | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. 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